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ØPatricia Wilson, Executive
Director of Make-A-Wish Foundation, Edwin Lee, Mayer of San Francisco, and the Citizens of San Francisco for “Batkid”

Breaking the bounds of alternative reality entertainment
while creating social good, Make-A-Wish Foundation helped "Batkid"
turn all of San Francisco into an elaborate flash mob, livestreamed special
venue. After conquering a series of staged crime battles, “Batkid” earned the
key to the city and won the hearts of thousands of volunteers and millions of
social media followers.

ØNetflix Originals:Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of
Netflix

When historians pinpoint exactly when serialized
online content went mainstream, they will identify the Feb 1st 2013 debut of
“House of Cards,” Netflix $100 million political drama from David Fincher as
the moment.

INNOVATORS:

ØWattpad; Alan Lau,
CEO and Ivan Yuen, CTO

A mobile social storytelling platform with over 26 million
13-30 year olds sharing and collaborating on stories. Users spent over 40
billion minutes on the site in 2013. It continues to grow at over 70,000 new
registrants a day. Millions of YouTube trailers have been created for stories
on Wattpad.

ØSnapchat:Evan Spiegel and Robert Murphy, Co-Founders

The disappearing photo messaging app gained a slew of new
tools this year while users found a number of secret features. Snapchat
incorporated "Stories" into the app, which essentially created
timelines of collected snaps from a 24 hour period.

ØVine; Co-Founders Dom
Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll

Twitter's video app, Vine, was one of the big breakout hits
of the year. The app lets you share six-second videos that continuously loop.

PRODUCERS:

ØBrian Robbins, CEO of
AwesomenessTV Network

The AwesomenessTV Network is a network for young adults who
are building their channels on YouTube and want to learn to make better video.
They have enabled over 150,000 channels.

ØAlfonso Cuaron and Framestore for GRAVITY

With a modest budget these honorees pushed visual effects to
a new dimension. All told eighty percent of the film is substantially a
visual-effects creation and the other 20 percent contains a significant amount
of effects work.

ØRob Thomas and Kristen Bell, Creators of Veronica Mars

Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell orchestrated having the fans
bring back the TV show by paying for it in advance of production.

ØSam Houser, Co-Founder and President of Rockstar Games for Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto grossed more than one billion in three
days, signaling the expanded influence of both video games and proven
franchises in the new entertainment ecosystem.

“In the past year we have seen exceptional
invention and ingenuity in the world of digital media,” said Mark Gordon and
Hawk Koch, Presidents of the Producers Guild of America. “In an intensely
competitive environment, these individuals and companies have managed to stand
ahead of the pack by creating supreme standards for innovation, creativity, and
technology. We look forward to celebrating their contributions to the digital
industry at this year’s Digital V.I.P. Awards.”